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Video: How I got into drugs— Nigerian artist Timaya

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9 months ago

February 9, 2024

Nigerian music artist, Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, during a radio interview on Wednesday, said that he became a drug addict during the COVID-19 in 2020 through the influence of some younger friends.

“I am not a saint; I have done drugs. That’s how I lost a lot of weight.” Timaya said this while speaking about how he was introduced to3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).

The substance, which is a synthetic drug, is a strong empathogen-entactogen with stimulant and mild psychedelic effects. It is generally known by the names ecstasy (tablet form) and molly or mandy (crystal form).

According to a CNN report, China is the source of nearly all the ingredients used in Molly and other synthetic narcotics. The medications are sold online by Chinese chemists, and middlemen countries grind them up with other ingredients before selling them as powder or in pill form.

Cases of drug abuse have continued to rise in Nigeria. A 2022 study by Statista revealed that there were a total of 9,831 drug cases in Nigeria in 2018, scattered all over the geopolitical zones, with the most cases reported in the north-western part with over 2,800 cases. The other zones averaged a total of over 1,100 cases in that year.

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Video: Kenya’s Ruto targets inflation rate below 3%

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2 weeks ago

October 24, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Kenyan President, William Ruto, stressed the economic goals of his government and charged the public to believe in the economic reforms of his administration.

Ruto also emphasized that the international community and multilateral bodies had applauded his policy direction, and urged Kenyans to join the train.

“You do have my commitment that we will be disciplined as a public sector… it my target that by next year inflation will be sub 3%”, Ruto said.

Earlier in the month, the Central Bank of Kenya slashed the benchmark rate to 12.0%, 75.0 bps down. The Central Bank’s prescribed target band for headline inflation is 2.5% – 7.5%, 5.0% being the mid-point · The last time Kenya registered <3.0% headline inflation was May 2007

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Video: Amid unpopular reforms, W’Bank chief insists Nigeria must ‘stay in course’ for 15 years

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3 weeks ago

October 15, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Indermit Gill, the Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank who also serves as the Pension Finance Administrator of the World Bank Group, at an event in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, commended the recent fiscal and monetary reform policies of the government.

He noted that implementing such reforms was impossible without strong resolve from the political class. He also commended the central bank’s decision to raise interest rate.

The central bank has had to hike its policy rate by a huge 850 points in the last 9 months to boost confidence in the Naira and anchor inflationary expectations.

“But this is only the beginning, Nigeria will need to stay the course for at least another 10 to 15 years to transform its economy,” the World Bank chief stressed.

Gill’s remark brings to mind the age-long argument on the actual interest of multilateral bodies in their engagements with developing countries, largely African states, whether through loans or policy framework. Some have argued that the institutions are only bent on impoverishing the continent through policy positions like the removal of subsidy and the devaluation of currencies, both of which Nigeria under the current administration has done under two years— leading to unprecedented inflation rate and soaring cost of living.